Yan Dunqiao Swans
Seeing the swans is really a particularly wonderful thing for me. Because recently I've been looking at photos, and these beautiful memories have surged back to my mind.
According to 360 Encyclopedia, Yan Dunqiao is a village located in Rongcheng, Weihai, on the easternmost tip of the Shandong Peninsula, connected by the Qianli Coastal Bay Cape, with abundant marine resources such as fish, shrimp, shellfish, and algae. It belongs to a warm temperate monsoon humid climate zone and is the world's largest swan wintering paradise, with the Rongcheng Swan National Nature Reserve already established. Every year from November to April of the following year, more than ten thousand swans from Siberia come to winter in numerous lakes and bays along the Rongcheng coast. These bays and lakes are what people often call Rongcheng Swan Lakes, and Yan Dunqiao Goose Lake is one of them.
We came here in January, and we were immediately attracted by the huge number of swans. To be honest, I've never seen so many ducks before, even in the past. I felt like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, looking here, there, far away, and nearby, with a feeling of having never seen the world before. Of course, I didn't stop my hands from pressing the shutter.
At first, I thought it was no different from the ducks I raised at home. But when I looked closely, I realized that the swans’ beaks and legs are black, while the domestic ducks are orange.
Sometimes these swans are as quiet as a virgin, and sometimes they are as agile as a hare.
Sometimes they look like a silly fool, staring blankly at us, the people constantly pressing the shutter with cameras. At that time, this place was like a bustling market, with a constant buzz of noise. The noise came not only from the people watching the swans, but also from the swans themselves. Because the number of swans was so large, they kept calling, as if discussing something, or arguing, it was very lively!
They don’t eat the barley grains in the water, oh, by the way, everyone should pay attention, swans love to eat barley grains. If you want to go, you can prepare some in advance. If you forget to bring it, it doesn’t matter, there are many locals selling it. I forgot how much it cost per bag, it shouldn’t be expensive.
